Training

Guide Dog organizations turn to puppy raising volunteers to provide for these puppies' many needs.

A good puppy raiser is flexible and relaxed, has a sense of humor, is creative, and enjoys talking to people and being out in the community.

Chocolate lab and yellow lab

A good puppy raiser clearly understands the reason puppy raisers are so important and is capable of handling the emotional ups and downs that go with giving unconditional love to a puppy who will only be around for a little more than a year.

MERLIN yellow labrador

TThe work of puppy raisers is deeply appreciated by those people receiving the dog that has grown from a silly wild puppy into a mature, responsible member of a team.